diff --git a/app/controllers/super_admin/dashboard_controller.rb b/app/controllers/super_admin/dashboard_controller.rb
index b5f3d34eb..56d19d563 100644
--- a/app/controllers/super_admin/dashboard_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/super_admin/dashboard_controller.rb
@@ -3,10 +3,9 @@ class SuperAdmin::DashboardController < SuperAdmin::ApplicationController
 
   def index
     @data = Conversation.unscoped.group_by_day(:created_at, range: 30.days.ago..2.seconds.ago).count.to_a
-    @accounts_count = number_with_delimiter(Account.all.length)
-    @users_count = number_with_delimiter(User.all.length)
-    @inboxes_count = number_with_delimiter(Inbox.all.length)
-    @conversations_count = number_with_delimiter(Conversation.all.length)
-    @messages_count = number_with_delimiter(Message.all.length)
+    @accounts_count = number_with_delimiter(Account.count)
+    @users_count = number_with_delimiter(User.count)
+    @inboxes_count = number_with_delimiter(Inbox.count)
+    @conversations_count = number_with_delimiter(Conversation.count)
   end
 end
diff --git a/app/services/telegram/incoming_message_service.rb b/app/services/telegram/incoming_message_service.rb
index 0e47f2813..ac1459887 100644
--- a/app/services/telegram/incoming_message_service.rb
+++ b/app/services/telegram/incoming_message_service.rb
@@ -1,8 +1,14 @@
+# Find the various telegram payload samples here: https://core.telegram.org/bots/webhooks#testing-your-bot-with-updates
+# https://core.telegram.org/bots/api#available-types
+
 class Telegram::IncomingMessageService
   include ::FileTypeHelper
   pattr_initialize [:inbox!, :params!]
 
   def perform
+    # chatwoot doesn't support group conversations at the moment
+    return unless private_message?
+
     set_contact
     update_contact_avatar
     set_conversation
@@ -20,6 +26,10 @@ class Telegram::IncomingMessageService
 
   private
 
+  def private_message?
+    params.dig(:message, :chat, :type) == 'private'
+  end
+
   def account
     @account ||= inbox.account
   end
diff --git a/app/views/super_admin/dashboard/index.html.erb b/app/views/super_admin/dashboard/index.html.erb
index 967c00e55..0121a8a75 100644
--- a/app/views/super_admin/dashboard/index.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/super_admin/dashboard/index.html.erb
@@ -53,10 +53,6 @@ It renders the `_table` partial to display details about the resources.
     <div class="metric"><%= @conversations_count %></div>
     <div>Conversations</div>
   </div>
-  <div class="report-card">
-    <div class="metric"><%= @messages_count %></div>
-    <div>Messages</div>
-  </div>
 </div>
 
 <div class="chart--container" style="height:500px">
diff --git a/spec/services/telegram/incoming_message_service_spec.rb b/spec/services/telegram/incoming_message_service_spec.rb
index 79e361c79..9a1433794 100644
--- a/spec/services/telegram/incoming_message_service_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/services/telegram/incoming_message_service_spec.rb
@@ -18,10 +18,28 @@ describe Telegram::IncomingMessageService do
           }
         }.with_indifferent_access
         described_class.new(inbox: telegram_channel.inbox, params: params).perform
-        expect(telegram_channel.inbox.conversations).not_to eq(0)
+        expect(telegram_channel.inbox.conversations.count).not_to eq(0)
         expect(Contact.all.first.name).to eq('Sojan Jose')
         expect(telegram_channel.inbox.messages.first.content).to eq('test')
       end
     end
+
+    context 'when group messages' do
+      it 'doesnot create conversations, message and contacts' do
+        params = {
+          'update_id' => 2_342_342_343_242,
+          'message' => {
+            'message_id' => 1,
+            'from' => {
+              'id' => 23, 'is_bot' => false, 'first_name' => 'Sojan', 'last_name' => 'Jose', 'username' => 'sojan', 'language_code' => 'en'
+            },
+            'chat' => { 'id' => 23, 'first_name' => 'Sojan', 'last_name' => 'Jose', 'username' => 'sojan', 'type' => 'group' },
+            'date' => 1_631_132_077, 'text' => 'test'
+          }
+        }.with_indifferent_access
+        described_class.new(inbox: telegram_channel.inbox, params: params).perform
+        expect(telegram_channel.inbox.conversations.count).to eq(0)
+      end
+    end
   end
 end